Microsoft Excel Contracts in England

Microsoft Excel
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 70 68
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 866 1,090 1,686
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.56% 2.93% 3.34%
As % of the Applications category 41.86% 36.68% 43.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 539 1,123
10th Percentile £206 £184 £201
25th Percentile £296 £284 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £443 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +4.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £575
90th Percentile £714 £728 £684
UK median daily rate £400 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 256 88
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.41 £13.24
25th Percentile £14.99 £13.31 £16.29
Median hourly rate £16.23 £14.80 £25.13
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% -41.09% +25.63%
75th Percentile £27.94 £24.00 £53.45
90th Percentile £34.46 £34.54 £65.23
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.80 £22.88
% change year-on-year +14.86% -35.30% +17.19%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,069 2,972 3,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.50% 7.99% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 1,493 2,546
10th Percentile £188 £160 £194
25th Percentile £258 £213 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £429
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £662 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 584 229
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.69 £14.24
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £38.75 £52.97
90th Percentile £74.88 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +7 443 £448 -0.56% 1,250
North of England -4 113 £413 -13.16% 378
East of England +14 109 £375 -6.31% 178
South East -15 85 £298 -15.12% 552
Midlands +10 67 £303 -26.48% 271
North West -25 57 £400 -15.79% 213
West Midlands +19 56 £303 -28.65% 142
Yorkshire +29 49 £406 -14.47% 131
South West +4 37 £409 -13.89% 142
East Midlands -6 11 - - 112
North East -1 7 £625 +171.74% 38
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 90 (10.39%) SharePoint
2 45 (5.20%) Confluence
3 16 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.27%) IIS
4 11 (1.27%) SAS
5 6 (0.69%) CMS
6 4 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 307 (35.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 195 (22.52%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (6.93%) MS Visio
4 40 (4.62%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (2.54%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.46%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.35%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.23%) CANalyzer
9 2 (0.23%) Notepad++
10 1 (0.12%) CATIA
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) SPSS
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.04%) Primavera
3 4 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.35%) Bankmaster
4 3 (0.35%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.23%) SAP CAR
5 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.23%) Workfront
6 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.12%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.12%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 191 (22.06%) Power Platform
2 73 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (5.08%) Azure
4 13 (1.50%) SaaS
5 12 (1.39%) AWS
6 11 (1.27%) GCP
6 11 (1.27%) Lucidchart
6 11 (1.27%) Power Automate
7 8 (0.92%) PowerApps
8 7 (0.81%) OneDrive
9 6 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.58%) Salsify
10 5 (0.58%) Smartsheet
10 5 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.46%) Dropbox
11 4 (0.46%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.46%) IBM Blueworks
11 4 (0.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (2.19%) Internet
3 13 (1.50%) Firewall
3 13 (1.50%) Intranet
4 8 (0.92%) LAN
5 7 (0.81%) Wireless
6 5 (0.58%) DNS
6 5 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (0.58%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.46%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.46%) WAN
8 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.35%) VPN
8 3 (0.35%) WebEx
9 2 (0.23%) 4G
9 2 (0.23%) 5G
9 2 (0.23%) Diameter Protocol
9 2 (0.23%) LTE
9 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.23%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (21.13%) Power BI
2 64 (7.39%) Tableau
3 55 (6.35%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.46%) Power Query
5 28 (3.23%) Oracle Database
6 21 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.85%) Data Mining
8 16 (1.85%) MS Access
9 15 (1.73%) Metadata
9 15 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.04%) Big Data
11 8 (0.92%) PowerPivot
11 8 (0.92%) QlikView
12 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.46%) Parquet
14 4 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 79 (9.12%) JIRA
2 5 (0.58%) Hudson
2 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.35%) Git
4 2 (0.23%) ERwin
4 2 (0.23%) MagicDraw
4 2 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.23%) Toad
4 2 (0.23%) XMLSpy
5 1 (0.12%) CANoe
5 1 (0.12%) MSI
5 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 394 (45.50%) Social Skills
2 252 (29.10%) Finance
3 201 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
5 70 (8.08%) Banking
6 49 (5.66%) Marketing
7 47 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
8 38 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (4.27%) Local Government
10 33 (3.81%) Public Sector
11 32 (3.70%) Front Office
11 32 (3.70%) Retail
12 29 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (2.89%) Investment Banking
14 24 (2.77%) Legal
15 17 (1.96%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.62%) German Language
17 14 (1.62%) Law
18 12 (1.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 279 (32.22%) Analyst
2 90 (10.39%) Data Analyst
3 77 (8.89%) Developer
4 52 (6.00%) Business Analyst
5 50 (5.77%) Senior
5 50 (5.77%) Service Analyst
6 41 (4.73%) Project Manager
7 40 (4.62%) C# Developer
8 33 (3.81%) Administrator
8 33 (3.81%) Service Desk Analyst
9 31 (3.58%) Lead
10 28 (3.23%) C# WPF Developer
10 28 (3.23%) WPF Developer
11 26 (3.00%) Technical Analyst
12 24 (2.77%) Consultant
12 24 (2.77%) Coordinator
13 20 (2.31%) Technical Services Analyst
14 17 (1.96%) .NET Developer
14 17 (1.96%) C# .NET Developer
15 16 (1.85%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.16%) .NET
2 29 (3.35%) .NET Framework
2 29 (3.35%) WPF
3 11 (1.27%) WCF
3 11 (1.27%) WinForms
4 10 (1.15%) HTML
5 9 (1.04%) CSS
6 7 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.69%) XML
8 4 (0.46%) OAuth
8 4 (0.46%) OpenID
8 4 (0.46%) SAML
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Avro
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Beam
9 3 (0.35%) D3.js
9 3 (0.35%) Kafka
9 3 (0.35%) OLE
9 3 (0.35%) REST
9 3 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
2 42 (4.85%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 17 (1.96%) Derivative
4 17 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.50%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.39%) Reference Data
8 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.27%) NHS
9 10 (1.15%) CMDB
10 8 (0.92%) Credit Risk
10 8 (0.92%) Driving Licence
10 8 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (0.92%) Learning Management System
11 7 (0.81%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.81%) PMI
11 7 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.74%) Windows
2 14 (1.62%) Unix
3 11 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.15%) Linux
5 7 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.46%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.23%) Android
8 2 (0.23%) zOS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (19.40%) Business Intelligence
3 162 (18.71%) Data Analysis
4 142 (16.40%) Project Management
5 118 (13.63%) Customer Service
6 98 (11.32%) Agile
7 91 (10.51%) Analytics
8 85 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 83 (9.58%) Visualisation
10 81 (9.35%) Mathematics
11 75 (8.66%) Data Management
12 71 (8.20%) Time Management
13 69 (7.97%) Decision-Making
14 67 (7.74%) Data Visualisation
14 67 (7.74%) Service Delivery
15 64 (7.39%) Incident Management
16 61 (7.04%) Data Modelling
17 59 (6.81%) ITIL
18 57 (6.58%) Migration
19 54 (6.24%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 219 (25.29%) SQL
2 94 (10.85%) Python
3 80 (9.24%) VBA
4 49 (5.66%) C#
5 32 (3.70%) VB
6 29 (3.35%) PL/SQL
7 17 (1.96%) VB.NET
8 15 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.73%) R
8 15 (1.73%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.27%) Java
10 7 (0.81%) C++
10 7 (0.81%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.69%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.35%) C
12 3 (0.35%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) JCL
13 2 (0.23%) REXX
14 1 (0.12%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 177 (20.44%) Degree
2 79 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 71 (8.20%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (3.00%) A+ Certification
6 25 (2.89%) MCSA
7 20 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.85%) PMP
9 15 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.92%) HNC
11 8 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (0.81%) ACCA
12 7 (0.81%) CIMA
13 5 (0.58%) CBAP
13 5 (0.58%) MBA
14 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.62%) Data Quality
2 60 (6.93%) PMO
3 41 (4.73%) QA
4 31 (3.58%) SLA
5 23 (2.66%) GDPR
6 9 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.92%) GxP
8 7 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.81%) COSHH
9 6 (0.69%) MiFID
10 4 (0.46%) GAAP
10 4 (0.46%) GRC
11 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.35%) Basel II
11 3 (0.35%) EMIR
11 3 (0.35%) IFRS
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) GMP
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 63 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.12%) IAG
2 1 (0.12%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.81%) SCCM
3 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.46%) Terraform
4 3 (0.35%) TeamSite
5 2 (0.23%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.23%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.23%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.23%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.12%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 373 (43.07%) Microsoft
2 68 (7.85%) Oracle
3 62 (7.16%) ServiceNow
4 57 (6.58%) SAP
5 38 (4.39%) Citrix
6 23 (2.66%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.85%) Adobe
8 15 (1.73%) Databricks
9 13 (1.50%) Cisco
9 13 (1.50%) Google
10 10 (1.15%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.15%) Ariba
10 10 (1.15%) IBM
10 10 (1.15%) Informatica
11 8 (0.92%) Apple
11 8 (0.92%) Workday
12 7 (0.81%) Dell
13 5 (0.58%) Genesys
13 5 (0.58%) HP
13 5 (0.58%) Remedy